Senior Engineering Manager Data

About us

Werethe team behind digital retailerVery.

Our purpose helping families get more out of life powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! Ifyourehigh-performing ambitious and make the most of every opportunity we want to hear from returnyoullenjoy heaps of flexibility greatperksand benefits and the freedom to be yourself keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a differenceyoulllove making it sparkle for millions of Very customers.

About the team

The Data team plays a critical role in helping Very unlock the value of its data.

Wereresponsible for the platformspipelinesand products that power reporting analytics data sciencepersonalisationand decision-making across the Group. Our teams work closely with Product Architecture Data Science Delivery and Business stakeholders to solve complex challenges and deliver real commercial value.

This role sits within the senior leadership team for Data and will work alongside the Head of Data and fellow engineering leaders to shape our strategy drive modern engineeringpracticesand support the continued evolution of our data ecosystem.

Youlllead multiple Data Engineering Managers BI Engineering Managers and Lead Engineers supporting a wider organisation of around 40 engineers and analysts.

About the role

Leading and growing great engineering teams

Success in this role starts with people.

Youllcreate an environment where engineers can thrive helping leaders and teams develop their skills progress their careers and deliver great clear direction removeobstaclesand foster a culture built on trustaccountabilityand continuous improvement.

Youllalso play a key role in attracting andretainingtop talent helping us build a diverseengagedand high-performing engineering organisation.

Shaping our data engineering strategy

Youllhelp define the future of data engineering at Very.

Working closely with Architecture Product and Technology leadersyoullset the technical direction for your teams and ensure our platforms continue to evolve to meet the needs of a growing business.

From modernisation initiatives and cloud adoption through to data platform optimisation and technical debt managementyoullbalance long-term strategic thinking with the practicalities of delivering value today.

Delivering trusted scalable data products

Youllbe accountable for the deliveryof dataproducts incollaborationwith the business domains.

Your teams will build solutions that are securereliableand scalable by design ensuring colleagues across Very can access the data they need to make confident decisions.

Youllchampion engineering excellence helping teams adopt modern practices that improve quality speedresilienceand operational performance.

Driving collaboration across the business

This role sits at the intersection of technologyproductand business strategy.

Youllbuild strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation helping translate business priorities into clear engineering decisions challenge constructively and ensure our data capabilities continue to support the ambitions of the wider business.

About you

Werelooking for an experienceddataleaderwho combines strong people leadership with deep data engineeringexpertise.

Youllbring:

• Significant experienceleading large-scale data engineering organisations within modern technology environments.(AWS TeradataFivetran Power BI)

• A track recordof building developing and inspiring high-performing engineering teams.

• Strong experience delivering data platformspipelinesand products at scale.

• Previoushands-on experience in Data Engineering with a strong understanding of modern engineering practices.

• Experience working within AgileDevSecOpsand product-led delivery environments.

• The ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery.

• Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to influence at senior levels.

• Experience managing technical debt engineeringroadmapsand platform modernisation initiatives.

• A passion for coachingmentoringand helping others grow

• Experience with AWS and cloud-based data platforms.

• TeradataFivetranand modern data integration tooling.

• Business Intelligence and analytical engineering capabilities.

• Experience inMulti-cloudor complex enterprise data environments.

• Retail eCommerce FinancialServicesor similarly data-rich organisations.

Some of our benefits

• Flexible hybrid working model
• Inclusive culture and environment check out our Glassdoor reviews

• 10000 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
• 30 days holiday bank holidays
• LinkedIn Learning access
• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
• Up to 25% discount on

• Matched pension up to 6%
• More benefits can be foundon our career site

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly and if successful in securing this role you will be required to undertake a credit CIFAS Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken including any unspent criminal convictions.

What happens next

Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if youre successful so keep an eye on your emails! Well arrange a short call to learn more about you as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like were a good match well share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a one stage interview process for this position:

1st stage - A one hour face-to-face interview with the hiring team to discuss your skills and relevant experience competency questions. This is also a great opportunity to find out more about the role and to ask any questions you may have.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If youd like to know more about our interviews you can find out here.

Diversity inclusion and equal opportunities

Werebuilding a culture of everyday inclusion and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We dont discriminate based on age disability gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity race religion or belief sex or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply interview or perform a role let us know via Well be happy to support you.

Were proud to be aDisability Confident Committed Employerand have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.

Required Experience:

Manager